Using expert decision-making to establish indicators of urban friendliness for walking environments: A multidisciplinary assessment

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chiang, Yen Cheng ^a,b   Lei, Han Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic network process (ANP); Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM); Multiple criteria decision making; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PEDESTRIAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPERT WITNESS; FUZZY LOGIC; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84996502495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0071-7     Document Type: Article

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